> I disagree, most people will wipe it and put a pirated copy of Windows on. "Most people" could not get Windows to install correctly if their lives depended on it. (And get all the devices working on it.) "Most people" take what was installed on the machine and do little with it. This is why Windows is so prevalent. It is not because it is better. It is because people are lazy and don't know any better. > > Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device > > -----Original Message----- > From: Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@xxxxxxxxx> > > Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:49:53 > To:For users of Fedora <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: windows and linux > > > > --- Karl Larsen <k5di@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Richard Shaw wrote: >> > On Dec 26, 2007 10:23 AM, Karl Larsen >> <k5di@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > >> > >> >> Adel ESSAFI wrote: >> >> >> >>> Dear list >> >>> any one can help me to find an information about >> statistics about the >> >>> linux and windows presence on PC. I heard that >> 98% of PC contain >> >>> windows!!! >> >>> is it true please? >> >>> regards >> >>> Adel >> >>> >> >>> >> >> In the mass media places like Wal Mart 100% of >> the new computers >> >> have Windows installed. So the overall world wide >> percentage might be >> >> like 98% with 1.5 % Max and .05% Linux. >> >> >> >> Karl >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > Not necessarily true. Walmart sold >> Lindows/Linspire PCs and now they are >> > selling a low end linux based >> > >> > computer<http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/12/2235200>which >> > they've almost always sold out of. >> > >> > Richard >> > >> > >> I was guessing based on what I see in my Wal >> Mart. I live in Las >> Cruces, NM and they must not send any of those here. >> >> Karl >> >> >> -- >> >> Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI >> Linux User >> #450462 http://counter.li.org. >> PGP 4208 4D6E 595F 22B9 FF1C ECB6 4A3C 2C54 FE23 >> 53A7 >> >> -- > > The guys running those WalMarts there in Las Cruces, > NM are * OUT OF THEIR MINDS *, In Texas, WalMarts ran > out of stock with those $200 computers. They did not > have Fedora :(, but they had gOS an ubuntu derivative > with Enlightment desktop, I wanted to get one for an > aunt but the Walmarts close by ran out and some did > not carry them :(. These computers are a big success > and there are others at MadTux as well. The story to > be continued with $300 laptops, this surely will get > more people to look at linux :). > > Regards, > > Antonio > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
